Time to Give Some Time

I was thinking last week that I'd like to get started on something. Something that's not laundry, dusting, soccer practice, or cooking dinner- type something. Something that actually is beyond this house and this family. So I browse a wonderful website (http://www.volunteermatch.com/) to see if there's anything out there that can fit my present situation:

Want to help, still have little one at home, not too many hours, not too much committment, related to the skills I used to have once upon a time. Is this too much to ask?

Well, I found a couple volunteer positions that might suit and flew off an email with my basic summary ("Stay-at-home mom with bachelors and masters degrees, professional demeanor, willing to commit.") I neglect to add that the masters was 10 years ago and I haven't worked in 7 of those.

So I get responses to both and they want an.......INTERVIEW. (key the scary music) And a RESUME (key even scarier music).

The thought of an interview makes my palms sweat. I immediately think that I shouldn't have gotten myself into this, it's way to soon, I still have a baby at home, what was I thinking, I don't even have any good clothes, I haven't worked in 7 years, I haven't interviewed in 10, where do I even keep my resume?... the backpedalling is endless.

But then I think. How hard can this be? I've interviewed before. If they didn't want me to apply, they wouldn't have set up the meeting. It's a volunteer job for goodness sakes!

What if I have a panic attack right in the middle? What if I don't know what to say? I am aghast at how crazily this is affecting me!

But I really want to do this. I'm ready to do this. So Iwill forge ahead, completely ignore my feelings of inadequacy about the whole thing and just jump in. To be continued....